Vision-based local multi-resolution mapping and path planning for miniature air vehicles

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5247-5252

  Yu, Huili ^a   Beard, Randal W ^a   Byrne, Jeffrey ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; AVOIDING OBSTACLE; BODY FRAMES; COLLISION-FREE PATHS; COMPUTER VISION ALGORITHMS; DEPTH MAP; DIJKSTRA'S ALGORITHMS; FLIGHT TEST; INITIAL STATE; LOW-ALTITUDE FLIGHT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; OBSTACLES AVOIDANCE; ONBOARD CAMERA; PATH PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PATH-PLANNING; POLAR COORDINATE; TIME-TO-COLLISION; VISION BASED;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CAMERAS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER VISION; SPECIAL EFFECTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449631609     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2009.5160065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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